26th June 2007, 05:03 PM
Yeh, Id like to have Troll back too! Im not sure I feel as strong about things as Uncle Andy above. I think the deradicalisation (is that a word?) of any organisation/movement (including BAJR)is, perhaps unfortunately, the only successful way to get a voice in the mainstream of debate in society today.
As far as I see it there are two paths: either sit on the outside and maintain ones integrity, or be part of the debates that invariably descend into rhetoric, complexity and apparent ineffectivness. Im not sure I feel at all comfortable with the latter which (in my opinion) in British Archaeology seems to result in a culture of 'managa-speak' at the expense of actually finding out stuff about the past, but I still think its better to tactically prod.from the inside thatn be left in the cold.
So, Troll, please come back and do some prodding, the establishment is only what we make it.
As far as I see it there are two paths: either sit on the outside and maintain ones integrity, or be part of the debates that invariably descend into rhetoric, complexity and apparent ineffectivness. Im not sure I feel at all comfortable with the latter which (in my opinion) in British Archaeology seems to result in a culture of 'managa-speak' at the expense of actually finding out stuff about the past, but I still think its better to tactically prod.from the inside thatn be left in the cold.
So, Troll, please come back and do some prodding, the establishment is only what we make it.